responsible for casework and performing planning activities in the local authority health and social services.

1.3    The College’s basic values

Rogaland College for Social Educators is a diaconal college. A recurring feature of these colleges is that they consider their activities as originating from and associated with the world’s diaconal work. Diaconia can be understood as the Church’s humanitarian care and its work of developing fellowship, and also includes services especially directed towards those in need.

It is important for a diaconal college to give priority to and to profile the professional acitivities related to this basic understanding of self. The diaconal work of the Church is built on a set of values which the College also wishes to convey and stand for. The diaconal colleges in Norway have compiled a resource document which can be used to provide the Colleges with a profile. Our study programme is based on the resource document in order to emphasise the diaconal perspective in both the theoretical and the practical teaching. The resource document contains its own subject plan which shows the total content of the diaconal part. The main themes in the plan are Philosophy of life and Ethics (parts 1 and 2), Religious Studies, Diaconia, and Spiritual Guidance. These subjects are included in different ways in the College’s ordinary training programme with the exception of Religious Studies which is given as an additional option.


2. GENERAL FRAMEWORK OF THE PROGRAMME

2.1    Subject areas and allocation of credits    

The training to be an Authorized Social Educator gives 60 credits (180 ECTS). One study year consists of 38 weeks’ organized theory and practical teaching, and is divided into two terms.

List of the main and sub-themes in the training programme.
  1. Social science and legal subjects
14 credits
42
ECTS
1A
Knowledge of the government and local authorities, health and social policy*
Of which *3 credits are described in the general part
4 credits
12 ECTS
1B
Sociology and social anthropology**
4 credits
12 ECTS
1C
Law
Incl.**3 credits Legal system, legal methods & administrative law
4 credits
12 ECTS
1D
Scientific theory and research methods*
2 credits
6 ECTS
2.
Psychological and pedagogical subjects
8 credits
      24
ECTS
2A
General, development and social psychology
4 credits
12 ECTS
2B
General educational science and social education
4 credits
12 ECTS
3.
Health subjects
15 credits
45
ECTS
3A Medical and scientific subjects
7 credits
21 ECTS
3B
Nursing and care
5 credits
15 ECTS
3C
Psychiatric health
3 credits
9 ECTS
4.
Environmental therapy, habilitation and rehabilititation
23 credits
69 ECTS
4A
The development of the profession, ideologies, ethics and the role of the social educator
Of which Ethics *3 credits is described in the general part
5 credits
15 ECTS
4B
Skills and behaviour studies
6 credits
18 ECTS
4C
Welfare work
4 credits
12 ECTS
4D
Working with groups, organizations and networks**
3 credits
9 ECTS
4E
Communication, interaction and conflict-solving
Of which *2 credits are described in the general part
5 credits
15 ECTS